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• The Action Collection | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Box set featuring nine action movies. In 'Skinheads' (1989) a group of Los Angeles neo-nazis are forced to move to North California when one of them shoots a black man. When they arrive in the small town they continue on their path of hatred harrassment and destruction until they come across two resilient college kids determined to stop the skinheads' reign of violence. When a Hollywood film crew travel to shoot on an isolated desert location they are attacked by CIA-backed mercenaries. At first the film people fight back using their special effects equipment but as the carnage mounts they sustain heavy losses and soon the director's daughter is the only one still alive. She then teams up with one of the embittered mercenaries to better her chances of surviving. 'Hiroshima' (1990) paints a dramatic account of the race to develop the atomic bomb the ethics and politics behind it and the events which led to its use at the end of World War 2. In 'Emperor' (1988) Tony (Alex D'Andrea) is a Bronx street hustler an old-fashioned low-level operator who finds himself forced off his turf by vicious crime boss Falco (Anthony Gioia). Teaming up with an ex-con and sultry songstress he learns a few things about the way of the world and makes an attempt to get back on the right side of the wrong side of the tracks - taking the fight back to Falco. In 'South Bronx' (1985) two young children are being brutally exploited as their foster home moonlights as the headquarters for one of the city's largest pornography rings. Amazingly the two children escape to the streets where they enlist the help of an undercover cop (Mario van Peebles) and his partner to capture the porn king and his accomplices. In 'The Swap' (1969) Robert DeNiro plays Sammy Nicoletti an adult film director who is murdered. His brother Vito (Anthony Charnota) vows to find the killer and avenge Sammy's death. When Vito is released from prison he begins his own investigation encountering deceit and blackmail. The final days of Sammy's life unfold from a party on Long Island back to the big city. As Vito draws nearer to the truth his own life hangs precariously in the balance. In 'Death Collector' (1975) it's 'all in the family' for a young streetwise hood as he becomes a collector for the mob. He quickly rises run by rung up the ladder of the underworld in this violent crime saga. Blaxploitation legend Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson stars in 'Black Cobra' (1987). When fashion photographer Elys Trumbo (Eva Grimaldi) sees one of her neighbours being murdered by a member of the Black Cobras a psychopathic motorcycle gang she manages to catch the killer's face on film. The Cobras' leader comes after her but luckily tough police sergeant Malone (Williamson) has been appointed to protect her. In 'Born To Win' (1971) George Segal stars as as an ex-hairdresser who struggles to support his expensive drug habit and to avoid arrest turns 'narc' informing on his fellow junkies. Eventually Segal's sense of self-hatred threatens to overwhelm him. In 'Revenge' (1988) the gun-crazy right-wing terrorist group 'Strike Force' have set their sights on the deadly NK-2 which is a very large weapon indeed and will do everything in their power to get hold of it. Vietnam vet Jason Shepherd (Roger Rodd) is approached with the job of tracking down these vicious killers and preventing them from doing any more damage. He accepts the job but when the group gun down two of his most loyal friends it suddenly becomes personal.

• Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Offenbach - Hoffmann (Guingal Choir Of Teatro Regio Parma)

• Yoga For Pregnancy | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Compile your own personal practice to suit your size. It is of utmost importance in pregnancy that you create space in the abdominal area. Pressure on the abdominal area is reduced by straightening the spine then lifting the breastbone. The practice is quite safe as positions are chosen that do not compress or twist the abdominal area. Great emphasis is placed on the strengthening and lifting of the pelvic floor and in the later stages of pregnancy stretching it. An attitude of

• Speak Easily | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Buster Keaton stars as Professor Post a shy clumsy scatterbrain who sees his chance for a new life when he inherits 0 000. In search of adventure and companionship he meets The Midnight Maids theater company on an outbound train. Enamored with the troupe's lead dancer and duped by the shady piano player (Jimmy Durante) the Professor uses his inheritance to become the benefactor of the show. Convinced of their talent he leads them to Broadway where he is certain their classic drama will catapult them into stardom. When the production hits the stage and Professor Post discovers he's financed a girlie show he'll do anything to halt the objectionable material - even if it means becoming the star himself! The best of Buster Keaton's sound era features Speak Easily contrasts his befuddled innocent character with the fast-talking antics of Jimmy Durante. Sydney Toler (the future Charlie Chan) makes an appearance as a bewildered stage manager.

• Ruth White - Yoga Positions | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Suitable for complete beginners and the more experienced alike this programme features a selection of yoga positions designed to relieve back ache improve breathing and improving posture.

• Citizen Kane | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In May of 1941 RKO Radio Pictures released a controversial film by a 25-year-old first-time director. That premier of Orson Welles' 'Citizen Kane' was to have a profound and lasting effect of the art of motion pictures. It has been hailed as the best American film ever made and it's as powerful a film today as it was fifty years ago. It earned eight Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. Through its unique jigsaw-puzzle storyline inventive cinematography brilliant ensemble acting and direction by Welles the story of Charles Foster Kane is a fascinating portrait of America's love of power and materialism and the corruption it sometimes fosters. Like all great films Citizen Kane is a memorable fusion of cinematic art and marvellous entertainment.

• Yoga Positions | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Compile your own personal practice to suit your own ability. Yoga for all from the complete beginner to the more adept. For the already fit and healthy this disc takes you further working on the physical body to bring it into a state of balance and strength. By practising the ancient positions or asanas the body is kept supple. It is not competitive all that is necessary is to work wholeheartedly to one's maximum. When working like this under a precise discipline the mind has a chance to fall quiet and a sense of freedom can be experienced. One feels physically lighter and exhilarated mentally calm and peaceful yet at the same time strong.

• The House On Sorority Row | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The House On Sorority Row: Seven graduating sorority sisters decide to throw a graduation party at their sorority house despite the objections of the resident house mother. Following an embarrassing altercation between the house mother and one of the girls a foolish prank is played that results in the old woman's death. Unable to cope with the accidental death the girls decide to temporarily hide the body and not inform the police until after the party. On the night of the party each girl is individually stalked and murdered in a grizzly fashion by an unknown assailant. There is only one girl left alive to tell the tale... and the one person who can reveal the truth may be the one who wants her dead. With Friends Like These...: On a crowded bus three people sit patiently waiting for their stops unaware that they are about to have extraordinary experiences. Atmospheric horror film.

• Permanent Vacation | DVD | (30/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way.

• I'm With Stupid - Series 1 | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This comedy takes a look at two sensitive issues in a comedic but honest light: homelessness and the disabled. Sheldon a homeless man strikes up an unlikely friendship with Paul a man bound to a wheelchair. Both are relative outcasts but can provide what the other needs. Sheldon provides a friendship to Paul who is despondent and lonely while Paul can provide Sheldon with a place to...

• The Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol. 1 | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way. Stranger Than Paradise (1984): Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Stranger Than Paradise not only launched Jim Jarmusch's career but also earned him recognition from critics as one of today's more inventive and creative filmmakers. Lounge Lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie a disenchanted New Yorker who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of ""paradise."" But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds they find that amidst the sunshine blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from... themselves. Down By Law (1986): In one of the hippest comedies ever made three misfits find themselves thrown together in a New Orleans jail cell. There's Zach the unemployed DJ Jack the small-time pimp and Bob the crazy Italian tourist. Unavailable for many years this cult hit stars Tom Waits John Lurie and the Oscar-winning director and star of Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni. A film that firmly established Jim Jarmusch as the coolest director on the American independent scene.

• Parent Trap / Pollyanna | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Parent Trap: In The Parent Trap Hayley Mills plays identical twins Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers who unknown to their divorced parents meet at summer camp. They soon realise that they are in fact twin sisters and become great friends who plot to switch places to meet the parent they never knew. Fed up with being the products of single parent households they plan to reunite their parents in the hope that this will bring their family back together. They encounter a maj

• Strangers On A Train | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £5.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (178.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two strangers making idle chitchat on a train agree that ""some people are better off dead"" and hypothetically speculate that if they swapped murders they could commit the perfect motiveless crime. Only later does one of the men realise that the other was serious about his murderous intentions... This first-class thriller from Alfred Hitchcock the 'Master of Suspense' is based on a Patricia Highsmith novel and was co-scripted by Raymond Chandler. Robert Burks received an Oscar

• Nosferatu | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1922, FW Murnau's Expressionist masterpiece Nosferatu--A Symphony of Horrors is an unofficial but reasonably faithful condensation of parts of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Alongside Metropolis (1926) it is one of the very few European features from the 1920s that is still regularly shown, and apart from being the first great horror film it laid the foundations of the vampire genre to the present day. Wearing astonishing rodent-like make-up Max Schreck cuts such an iconic figure as the undead Count that the 2001 comedy-horror Shadow of the Vampire suggested he wasn't acting at all! Although Murnau's film was revolutionary and technically adventurous for the time, a modern audience will have to make some allowances for the fact the movie now seems both dated and technically primitive: Murnau's stylised lighting and camera effects have been endlessly imitated and improved upon since, and even its greatest defenders generally admit the film barely raises a shudder, let alone a full-blooded scare. Nevertheless, Nosferatu holds a strange dreamlike grip on the imagination and its incalculable influence on fantasy and horror cinema means this is essential viewing for anyone seriously interested in the development of motion picture art. On the DVD: Presented in Academy at 1.37:1 and with James Bernard's new orchestral score in well-recorded stereo Nosferatu looks and sounds as good as it has in decades. Bernard, composer of Hammer's Dracula (1958) among others, has written a superior score that captures the film's subtitle, "A Symphony of Horrors", and truly brings the images alive in a way previous scores have not. This restored version presents for the first time on video or DVD the blue and brown tints of the original cinema prints and replicates the original hand-designed inter-title cards which with their distinctive designs make the film much more of a compete visual experience. More importantly, this DVD offers approximately another quarter of an hour of material over the usually distributed American version. However, the restoration has not extended to repairing the many lines, scratches, variations in brilliance and other evidence of print damage present throughout. The film is perfectly watchable, being very much what one would expect from the early 1920s. There are text biographies and notes on Murnau and James Bernard, DVD-ROM material on the restoration of the print and a perceptive 23-minute discussion by film expert Christopher Frayling on many aspects of the movie. --Gary S Dalkin

• SUPERNATURAL S1-13 | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The thrilling and terrifying adventures of the Winchesters are captured here in Seasons One through Thirteen! Brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) spend their lives on the road, using the secret skills their father taught them to battle every kind of supernatural threat imaginable and some beyond imagining as well. With the help of allies both human and supernatural, they face everything from the yellow-eyed demon that killed their mother to vampires, ghosts, angels and fallen gods. But the Winchester brothers soon discover that with every victory comes a terrible price. Through estrangements and reunions, and with their angel ally Castiel (Misha Collins) close by, Sam and Dean face daunting opponents that include the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the King of Hell himself. Whether they're on speaking terms or not, the siblings struggle to vanquish evil, protect their family legacy and save mankind from a sinister future.

• Monkey Business | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £8.19   |  Saving you £1.80 (21.98%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards. Available for the first time on DVD.

• His Dark Materials Series 1 | Blu Ray | (27/01/2020) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on author Philip Pullman's beloved trilogy, His Dark Materials follows Lyra, a brave young woman from another world. Lyra's quest to find her kidnapped friend leads her to uncover a sinister plot of a secret organization, encounter extraordinary beings and protect dangerous secrets. Starring: Daphne Keen Ruth Wilson Lin-Manuel Miranda James McAvoy

• White Riot | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rubika Shah's energising film charts a vital national protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by music's biggest colonialist' Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation's youth, RAR's multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As founder Red Saunders explains: We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika'. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978's huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses.

• Jacques Offenbach; Walter Felsenstein: Ritter Blaubart | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £33.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jacques Offenbach; Walter Felsenstein: Ritter Blaubart | Blu Ray | (01/03/2021) from £40.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A